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James Bush Grant 36 p 17.
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Robert Brooke esquire Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia. To all to whom these presents shall come, greeting. Knowing that by virtue of part of a land office treasury warrant number fourteen thousand one hundred and eighty seven. Issued the Twelfth Day of September one thousand seven hundred and eighty two, There is granted by the said Commonwealth unto James Bush a certain tract or partial of land containing eighty acres by survey bearing date the second day of December one thousand seven hundred and ninety. Lying and being in the county of Russell and bounds as followeth towit beginning at a white oak on the top of a hill, South thirty five degrees, East one hundred and twenty poles to a white oak by a path in a line of Charles Beckley and with his line, North eighty nine degrees, East forty four poles to a gum?? corner to said Beckley and with another of his line ,North fifty-seven degrees East eighty-three poles to two white oaks, another corner of said Beckleys then leaving his line,North eighty-seven degrees, East thirty-four poles to a forked buckeye on the top of a ridge. North twenty degrees, West forty four poles to a sugar tree on the top of a hill above a spring ,North eighty-eight degrees, West two hundred and four poles to the beginning with its appurtenances to have and to hold the said tract or partial of land with its appurtenances to the said James Bush and his heirs forever in witness whereof the said Robert Brook Esquire Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia hath herewith set his hand and cause the lesser seal of the said commonwealth be affected at Richmond the seventh day of June in the year of our lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six and of the commonwealth the twentieth.
Robert Brooke
James Bush
Grant 18 p165
23 July 1788 Washington
County
Land purchased from Henry Dickinson 100 Acres.
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Edmund Randolph Esquire, Governor of the Commonwealth of
Virginia. To all to whom these presents shall come, greeting, knowing ye
that by virtue and in duration of a land office treasury warrant number eight
thousand four hundred and seventy one, issued the fifth day of April one
thousand seven hundred and Eighty two. There is granted by the said
Commonwealth unto James Bush _____ of Henry Dickenson a certain tract or
partial of land containing one hundred acres by survey bearing date the
sixteenth day of March one thousand seven hundred and eighty three. Lying
& being in the county of Washington on the South side of Clinch River known
by the name of Russ9ians Place and bounded as followith
to wit beginning at three ironwood saplings, corner to Henry Dickensons land and running thence down the river one
hundred and fifty eight poles crossing a branch to a triple lynn?
near the banks of the river, South eighty two degrees, East twenty seven poles
to9 two white ash saplings on a steep spurSouth fifty
five degrees, East one hundred and two poles to a white oak and beech on the
north side of a knob, North seventy seven degrees, East ninety eight poles,
crossing a branch to a white ash and maple by a gully near the bank of the
river, North forty five degrees, West one hundred and ninety eight poles across
the hills to the beginning, with its appurtenances to the said James Bush and
his heirs forever. In witness where of the said Edmund Randolph Esquire
Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia hath here unto set his hand and causes
the lesser seal of the said commonwealth to be affixed at Richmond on the
twenty third day of July in the year of our lord one thousand seven hundred and
eighty eight and of the commonwealth the thirteenth es.
Edm.
Randolph
James Bush
Grant 40 p468
3 August 1771 Amhurst County- 130 Acres
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George the hand ____ . To all yea know yea that for
____ good cause yea consideration but more
specifically for and in consideration of the sum of fifteen shillings of good
and lawful money for our use paid to our ____ ____ of our reverences in this
our colony ____ Dominion of Virginia we have given granted and confirms, and by
these presents for us our heirs and ____ do give grant and confer unto James
Bush one certain tract or parcel of land Containing one hundred and thirty
acres lying and being in the county of Amhurst on
Huffs Creek and bounded as followeth. To wit a
beginning at Ambrose Pointors corner boundaries and
running thence on new line, North fifty six degrees, West sixty six poles to
Pointers thence on new line South fifty five degrees, West one hundred and
forty four poles to Pointers thence on to ____ line South sixty degrees, East
twenty six poles to a Spanish house, South twenty five degrees, West twenty
poles to Pointers ____ new lines, South eighteen Degrees, West ninety eight
poles to a light oak thence down Huffs Creek, North sixty degrees east one
hundred and eighteen poles to a white oak thence, South thirty Five degrees,
East ninety eight poles to Pointers thence on George Braxons
Gentleman line ,North twenty eight degree, East one hundred and forty poles to
a white oak thence new line north ____ degrees West fifteen poles to the
Beginning with all yea to have hold yea to be held yielding and paying Provided
in Witness _? Witness our truly and well beloved William Nelson Esquire
president of our council and commander in Chief of our said colony and Dominion
at Williamsburgh under the seal of our said Colony on
this day of August one thousand seven hundred and seventy on in the Eleventh
year of Reign
Wm. Nelson
James Bush Grant 46 p 309
James Monroe Esquire
Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia. To all to whom these
presents shall come greeting. Know yea that by virtue of a land office Treasury
Warrant number eight thousand four hundred and seventy one issued the fifth day
of April seventeen hundred and eighty two, there is granted by the said
Commonwealth unto James Bush a certain tract or parcel of land containing one
hundred acres by survey bearing date the sixteenth day of March one thousand
seven hundred and eighty three, lying and being in the county of Washington on
the South side of Clinch River, known by the name of Russians place and bounds
as followeth to wit, beginning at three ironwood
saplings, corner to Henry Dickensons land and running
thence down the river, one hundred and fifty eight poles crossing the branch to
a triple lynn?? near the bank of the river,
South eighty two degrees East twenty seven poles to two white oak saplings on a
steep spur South fifty five degrees,East one hundred
and two poles to a white oak and beech, on the North side of a knob, North
thirty seven degrees, East ninety eight poles crossing a branch to a white oak
and maple by a gully near the bank of the river and North forty five degrees,West one hundred and ninety eight poles across the
hill to the beginning with its appurtenances to have and to hold the said tract
or parcel of land with its appurtenances to the said James Bush and his heirs
forever. In witness whereof the said James Monroe Esquire Governor of the
Commonwealth of Virginia hath hereunto set his hand caused the lesser seal of
the said commonwealth to be affixed at Richmond on the Eighteenth day of
September in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and of the
commonwealth the twenty fifth.
James Monroe
Thomas Bush
Dec. 1877 Scott County, Book 29,
p.51 Land to be
inherited by J.D. Bush from his mother, sold to his brother
This deed made and interred into this 3rd day of
December 1887, by & between J. D. Bush of Floyd County Kentucky, of the
first part, & Thos. M. Bush of Scott County, Virginia, of the second part,
___ that for and in consideration of the sum of two hundred dollars (one
hundred dollars laid in hand, & one hundred for which a note is this day
executed by the party of the second part to the party of the first part) The
said party of the first part doth hereby sell and convey with general warranty
unto the said party of the second part a certain piece of land in Scott county
Va., on the south side of clinch river, it being a part of the Jessie Ramey
tract, & the land ___ conveyed consists of the entire interest of
party of the first part which he inherits from his mother, Mary Bush, in the
lands of Jessie Ramey, dec’d. And the said
lands have not been divided, but, the said party of the second part simply gets
the individual interest in said tract from the party of the first part, and the
said party of the first part is not to have any thing to do with the divisions
of the said lands, or to be at any ---___ for a division, should a division be
necessary. Witn_ the following signature & seal this day & date above
written.
J. D. Bush seal
Book 22, page 377 Land of
Thomas Bush Sr. sold to son Thomas M. Bush Jr. ,
This deed made
this the 4th day of February 1885 between Thomas Bush of the county of Scott,
and state of Virginia of the first part, and Thomas M. Bush of the county and
state aforesaid of the second part. Witnessed that for and in
consideration of the sum of twelve hundred dollars in hand, paid the receipt is
hereby acknowledged the said Thomas Bush do ___ bargains, sell & convey
unto the said Thomas M. Bush & his heirs a certain tract or parcel of land
lying in the county of Scott and State of Virginia situated on the North side
of Castlewoods road and bounded as following to wit
Beginning at ___ on said ___ thence running north said road, on Eastward course
to J.H. Porters line & corner thence with said Porters line thence
Northward course with T Serg__ line to ___
Farmers line thence near the same direction with _. Farmers line near top
of chestnut Ridge to Jones Powers line thence westward course with said Powers
line to the Ramey line thence South ward with said Ramey line to said Castlewoods thence Eastward with road to the Beginning
containing 200 acres be the same more or less. The said Thomas Bush will
___ ___ the above descended boundary of land unto the said Thomas M. Bush with
all it’s improvements to wit forever on the following conditions to wit;
the said Thomas Bush is to keep in possession the boundary of land until his
death. Then Thomas M. Bush is to take possession of said land and ten
years after the death of Thomas Bush the said Thomas M. Bush is to pay his
brothers and Sisters sixty-two dollars & fifty cents each & $62.50 and
said land stands bound with said heirs until paid, now of the said Thomas M
Bush complies with the above conditions. The said land is his forever free from
all ____ witness the following signatures and seals this the 4th day February
1855.
Thomas Bush seal
Thomas M.
Bush Sr. Book 22, pg. 231 January 1871
Thomas M. Bush to son Jessie Bush, 1871. Know all men by these present that I Thomas Bush have bargained and sold a certain tract or parcel of land it being fifty acres more or less, being in Scott County Virginia, to Jessie H. Bush and bounded as following to-wit; Beginning on a rock about 20 poles from James H. Porters line thence with said line to Travis Sergent line with said line to Plesant Horn line to the top of a ridge to Hessa Hornes line to the old Hartsock line striate to the beginning for which parcel of land I bind myself my heirs and executors to make a good and sufficient title.
Given under my hand and seal this the 2nd day of January, 1871
Thomas Bush seal
Thomas M. Bush Sr. Land Transaction between two daughters. Book 15,
pg. 175, March 1, 1871
Thomas M. Bush to Sary Bush and Margret E. Bush,
1871 (Two of Thomas’s sisters). This Deed made this 13th. Day of March 1871 between Thomas Bush of the county of Scott and
State of Va. Of the first part and Sary Bush
and Margret E. Bush of the second part all of Scott
County Va. Witness that in consideration of the sum of $400.00 dollars the
receipt where of is hereby acknowledged, the said Thomas Bush do grant unto the
said Sary Bush and Margret
E. Bush their heirs and assigns a certain tract or parcel of land situated in
Scott County Virginia and bounded as follows. Beginning on a hickory and
black oak a corner to James Porter & Simon Stair’s land thence N.64
W112 poles to a stake in a field supposed to be Hartsock
corner thence N85 W38 to a popular near the fork of a ___ on the east side
thence N18 ½ W37 poles to double beech and black oak and thence three poles
more to a stake on the Castlewoods road thence as the
road Eastwards N69 E20 poles S81 ½ E20 poles S89 E27 poles N69 E 17 poles to a
large oak on the road side thence N84 E30 poles to stake James _ Porter line
thence along his line four poles to a large poplar in a hollow S19 E 15 poles
to a white oak thence S5 ½ E 10 poles to a hickory thence S15 W11 poles to
white oak thence S51/s E15 poles along a marked line to a white oak near top of
a ridge thence in a south west direction along a marked line 30 poles to two
gums thence SE about 15 poles to the beginning containing 68___ acres the
same more or less to have and to hold the said tract or parcel of land situated
and described as a ___ and the said Thomas Bush will warrant unto the said Sary F. Bush & Margret E.
Bush the land hereby conveyed.
Witness the following signature and
seal. Thomas Bush seal
Thomas Bush
Jr. Land Transaction with O. Barrett and G. V. Linchfield January
1888, Book 25 pg. 462.
This agreement made this 29th
day of January 1888, between Thomas Bush, of the County of Scott State of
Virginia, party of first part, and O. Barrett and G. V. Litchfield, their heirs
and assigns of the County of Washington, State of Virginia party of the second
part. Witness Th; that for and in consideration
of the sum of 15 cents per ton, the party of the first part here by bargain and
sell to the party of the second part, the exclusive right to mine and take from
the lands of the said party of the first part, lying in the County of Scott,
State of Virginia containing fifty (50) acres, situated on Chestnut
Ridge. The parties of the second part to select the above mention fifty
(50) acres, and adjoining the lands of Jessey Bush,
James Porter and Ramey lands. The parties of first part excepts buildings
Orchard & Garden from said lease all the iron ore on or under said lands of
the aforesaid, together with the right of ___ and ingress to and from said iron
ore over any of the lands of said party of the first part, for the term of
ninety-nine years, and the party of the second part, binds himself to pay for
the said iron ore at the end of each month after the same shall be mined and
divided. A ton to be 2240 lbs. and the weight ascertained by
the scales of the railroad to which the ore shall be hauled. Work
to commence within the next f years or this contract is void, and should the
work be abandoned for two years at any one time then this lease is null and
void. Witness the following signatures and seals, the day and year
aforesaid.
Thomas M. Bush seal
Mary V. Bush seal
Thomas
Bush Land Deed Homestead Act 1871
Dtd. March
1871
This Deed witnesseth
that I Thomas Bush a house holder and head of a family of the County of Scott
in the State of Va. Do hereby declare that I claim the benefit of the Homestead
pursuant to the provisions of an act of the General Assembly of Va. Passed 27
day of June 1870 entitled and act to prescribe us what manner and on what
conditions a house holder of head of a family shall set ___ and hold a
homestead and personal property for the benefit of himself and family exempt
from sale for debt and do hereby claim and set apart, the following real and
personal property, as and for said homestead, to wit:
2 head of
horses
$115.00
26 head of
cattle
$250.00
25 head of
hogs
$25.00
Household and kitchen
furniture
$30.00
One tract of land lying in Scott County his home farm
lying on the South sede of Clinch River
supposed to 75 or 80 acres north about $800.00
One debt on Nathaniel Gost
$46.00
One debt on Simon
Stair
$7.00
One hundred and 75 bushels of
corn
$75.00
About 30 bushels of
wheat
$27.00
Given under my hand and seal this the 13 day of March 1871.
Thomas Bush seal
Austin Bush to Daughter Elizabeth (Bush) Musick.
Dtd. May
1889.
This deed made this the
28th day of May 1889 by and between Austin Bush of the County of Wise and state
of Virginia. Parties of the first part and Elisa A. Musick
of the County of Russell and state of Virginia of second part, witnesseth that for and in consideration of the sum of one
dollar paid in hand and the further consideration of the natural love, and
affection that I have for my daughter, have this day bargained and sold unto Eliza
A. Musick and do by those present give grant bargain
sell and convey a certain parcel or tract of land this being a certain boundary
that the said Austin Bush holds under right of possession, and by a decree of
the circuit court of Wise County that will appear and record at the Clerks
office of Wise County Va. And bounded and described as following, lying and
being in Wise County Virginia on the waters of Russell Creek known as the upper
tract of land owned by the said Austin Bush adjoining the lands of Claris
Wright the heirs of A. H. Nash the heirs of Mike Lark and others containing
(450) four hundred and fifty acres by estimation be the same more or less and
the said Austin Bush makes a reserve of the use and control of the said tract
or parcel of land during his natural life and then to fail to the said Eliza A.
Musick. And now the said Austin Bush does by these
presents warrants generally the title to all the above described lands with all
the appurtenances and, hereditaments belonging there
to the said Elisa A. Musick to have and hold to
herself her heirs or assigns forever in witness whereof the said Austin Bush
sets his hand and seal this day and date first above written.
Signed Austin X Bush Seal
AMHERST CO. BOOK C, P 488 1772
Photo Copy of actual document
This indenture made this fourth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred seventy two between James Bush and Hugh McCabe of the county and parish of Amherst of the one part and Hugh McCabe of the county and parish above mentioned of the other part withforth that the said James Bush for and in consideration of the sum of twenty pounds current money of Virginia hath granted bargained and sold aliened enfected of & confirmed unto the said James Bush & his heirs one tract or parcel of land containing one hundred & thirty acres lying in being in the county of Amherst on Huff Creek and bounded as followith to that beginning at Abram Porter's corner Pointer and running thence on his line north fifty six degrees West sixty‑six poles to pointers thence on new line South fifty five degrees West one hundred and fourty four poles to pointers thence on John Wheelers line South sixty degrees East twenty six poles to a Spanish Oake thence South twenty five degrees West twenty poles to pointers thence new lines South eighteen degrees West ninety eight poles to a white oake thence down Huff Creek north sixty degrees East one hundred and eighteen poles to a white oake thence South thirty five degrees East thirty eight poles to pointers thence on George Braston Gentleman(?) line North twenty eight degrees East one hundred forty poles to a white oake thence new line North ten degrees West fifteen poles to the beginning and now in the possession of the said Hugh McCabe with all & ____ways easements and ______of whatsoever to the said land and premices belonging or _____and also all the estate right title interest claims and demand whatsoever of the (said?) Hugh McCabe of in ___to the same to have and to hold the ___land(?) and primacies with the appurtenances unto the said Hugh McCabe his heirs and assigns forever and the said Hugh McCabe & his heirs the said land and primacies above mentioned with the appurtenances to the said Hugh McCabe his heirs and assign against me the said James Bush and our heirs and all other persons will (warrant?) and forever defend by these presents in witness whereof the parties above mentioned hath here unto put their hands & seal
Signed Sealed & Delivered
James (his
mark capital i with slash in center capital B) Bush in the presence of us
Henry
Franklin Sr. Richard Ballinger Cornelius
Sale at a
Court held for Amherst County the firs day of March 1773 This Indenture was
proved by the oaths of Henry Frankly, Sr. Cornelius Sale and Richard Ballinger
to be the act and deed of James Bush and ordered to be recorded
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